The Kids That ECOT Taught: The Pioneers of America's E-Schooling Revolution

by Bill Lager

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972346805
• ISBN13: 9780972346801
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: EOS
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Blood, Sweat and Tears

This is a great 'behind the scenes' look at one man's struggle to establish the nation's first public e-school. Sadly enough, many of the struggles the author faced stem from resistance posed by the educational establishment and its drive for self-preservation. While one might glibly assume a profit motive, the book reveals to us how the author's personal experiences drove him to beat the odds and make ECOT a reality. Rather than a money-making scheme, ECOT emerges as a labor of love.One wonderful feature that maintained my interest was the student case history featured at the beginning of each chapter. These testimonials from successful ECOT graduates paint a wide and varied portrait of today's American students and the challenges they face. From school violence to teen pregnancy, lack of motivation, family illness and the demands of work, we get a firsthand account of the issues these students face and how the availability of publicly funded home e-schooling allowed them to cross the educational finish line.

ECOT.........

Being one of the students featured in the book, I was thrilled when I first found out about the book. Upon reading it, I finally realizd how moch sweat and back breaking work went into ECOT. It truely has revolutionized the way that anyone will go to school. I enjoyed the time that I spent there, and can't wait until the day that it appears around the world.I thought from the get-go, the book was mainly about Mr. Lager's approach to starting a school of this caliber, and I was right. From an idea to reality, this book really details what really went into making ECOT anything but an idea on a drawing board. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the future of schooling as we know it for one reason. It's here, alive and well and ready to go.

A true visionary!

Bill Lager has truly changed the way I think about education. No more finger pointing, he has taken responsibility that the traditional education system can't - or won't. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in alternative forms of education for K-12 and for those who don't believe that online education can work. Lager has proven it can, and will - for a long time to come.

Insightful and inspiring

This was a great book; I really enjoyed reading it. More than anything, I loved reading the stories about the students whom were apart of the first e-classroom. This book proves a very important lesson; if you work hard and believe fully in what you are working at, anything is possible.

Abosolute Must Have

This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to learn more about e-schooling, especially if you are considering enrolling a child in ECOT, then this is one book you have to own! After reading this book, I believe e-schooling will be the wave of the future. In addition, the book is easy to read and the message it sends is powerful. William Lager is one person I would like to meet because he really has something going here!